Between the Liner Notes

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Between the Liner Notes is an award winning documentary-style podcast about music, why it is the way it is and how it got to be that way. Each episode highlights a piece of lost, forgotten or obscured music history. This show is hosted by Matthew Billy and produced by the Goat Rodeo podcast network.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Between the Liner Notes episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Between the Liner Notes for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Between the Liner Notes episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

21: Stone

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05/22/17 • 50 min

Joe Stone is the youngest son of the founder of TK Records, Henry Stone, and wanted to follow in his father's footsteps. Henry, however, refused to allow any of his children to work in the music industry. Listen as Joe chronicles how he convinced his father to take a chance on him.

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16: The Fake Zombie Invasion

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12/19/16 • 20 min

When “Time of the Season” became a hit song in 1969, the Zombies had already disbanded. Yet for some reason, there was a band touring around America calling itself the Zombies. Listen as Daniel Ralston, author of the article “The True Story Of The Fake Zombies,” talks about unearthing this forgotten piece of music history.

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15: Boy Bands, Blimps & Ponzi Schemes

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11/14/16 • 45 min

This is the story of boy band impresario and convicted Ponzi schemer, Lou Pearlman. Listen as Pearlman biographer, Tyler Gray and talent manager Jeanne Tanzy-Williams discuss an individual who was larger than life.

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06: That’s How Cuba Sang

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01/04/16 • 46 min

Ramón Sabat once owned Panart Records, the largest indie label in Cuba. Legendary Cuban vocalists like Celia Cruz and Olga Guillot made their first recordings with Panart. Nat King Cole recorded his first Spanish album in Panart Studios. Success, however, did not come easy to Panart. Ramón Sabat had to overcome the dirty tactics of a rival American-owned record label and surmount the prohibitive poverty that barred many Cubans from owning a record collection. The only force strong enough to stop Panart Records was the Cuban National Government.

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05: Who Owns Happy Birthday?

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12/01/15 • 36 min

Jennifer Nelson is a documentary film maker who wanted to make a movie about the song “Happy Birthday to You.” When she inquired about using the song in her film the owners of the song forced her to pay for it, and she did. However, while Jennifer Nelson was doing research for her film she uncovered some evidence that could prove that the people she paid may not actually own the song, and never did.

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03: I Want My MTV

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10/04/15 • 53 min

In 1981, no one believed people would watch a cable channel that aired music videos 24 hours a day. This is the story about how MTV proved them all wrong.

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19: Discophobia (Disco Part 2)

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03/22/17 • 28 min

1978 set the record for most album sales with disco surpassing rock & roll for the first time ever. Industry insiders predicted the following year would continue to break sales records, but an economic downturn and a fierce anti-disco backlash proved their predictions false. This is the story of how disco became a four-letter-word.

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13: The Execution of Joe Hill

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09/03/16 • 43 min

In 1915, Joe Hill, a Swedish-American labor activist, was unjustly convicted and executed by the State of Utah, but not before leaving behind a body of work that would inform the next generation of American folk music. In this episode, we talk with William Adler author of the Joe Hill Biography titled, "The Man Who Never Died," and Clayton Simms, a criminal defense attorney working to get Joe Hill exonerated more than a century later.

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12: 3,000 Beatniks Riot in Village

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07/25/16 • 38 min

Every Sunday since the end of World War II, musicians journeyed to Washington Square Park to sing folk-songs. Until one Sunday—after the City of New York denied the musicians a singing permit—they decided to protest instead. What resulted was a violent confrontation with authority.

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18: The Dance Floor Doesn't Lie (Disco Part 1)

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02/21/17 • 39 min

In 1970, two deejays discovered they had the ability to take the dance floor on a journey by playing records back-to-back, continuously throughout the night. Soon clubs all over the world adopted this style of deejaying, and a new culture and music genre called "disco" emerged. Eight years later, in 1978, disco was the best selling music genre in the world. This is the story of how it got there.

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How many episodes does Between the Liner Notes have?

Between the Liner Notes currently has 22 episodes available.

What topics does Between the Liner Notes cover?

The podcast is about Narrative, History, Music, Documentary, Podcasts, Arts and Performing Arts.

What is the most popular episode on Between the Liner Notes?

The episode title '21: Stone' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Between the Liner Notes?

The average episode length on Between the Liner Notes is 37 minutes.

How often are episodes of Between the Liner Notes released?

Episodes of Between the Liner Notes are typically released every 33 days, 23 hours.

When was the first episode of Between the Liner Notes?

The first episode of Between the Liner Notes was released on Aug 2, 2015.

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